Fireproof wall.



T. H. GERAERDTS.

FmBPRoor WALI'.. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1912.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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T. H. GBBABBDTS.

rmnrnoor wm.. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, lll.

Patented Aug. 1s, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ITNESSES wall construction-which will be simplc,vsani taryA and inexpensive, and 'which may be strong, durable and well reinforced and able blocks andihold 'them against lateral move- 'IHEODOQUBl HUBEBKTUS GENERE-'$3.03' KWYOE HvA-Y.

Fmnrnoor WALL nieuweling. 1S; 1on1.

Be it knownthat I, Trinoooonve Hnnnn'rus Gnimnno'rs,a citizen of the UnitedStates, rev siding in theboroughof Manhattan, city of New York in the county of New York and State of I ew'York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Flreproof Wallsyof whichthe4 following'is a specification, reference being had thereinv to theaccompanying drawings, forming artthereof.v

MX invention re ates -to building walls, especiallyl'interior walls/or partitions, and my inventionisbest adapted for embodiment in ireproof walls, although -it ie not limited thereto.

An object of my `invention'is to provide a easilyv and`qu1ckly erected, `and* will -be w vvithstand'all thestresse. to which walls are subjected. l

Another object is to rovide al oonetruc-A tion which v.will withstan high temperatures without warpingor otherwise becoming-injured.- Further objects of my invention will appear from- -the lfollowing description.

Myfinvention com rehnds a Wall con-i structionA .in which t e 'studs are 4tied together by -stiifening platesand in vvhich the building blocks'are held against lateral escapement b vertical dowels, extending through per orations in the stiferiing plates. More specifically the studs are provided with perforations through certain of which hori zontal dowels extend and coperate withthe vertical dowels in retaining-the blocksf My `invention also comprehends v yokes which hook'over the `studs and engage the mentrelativeto the studs: n

More specifically Lthe-memberaare of metal and the 'perorations occupy a substantial portion of the length of the members along their-lateral edges.

MyV invention also `comprehends various other features and Adetails of construction.'Y and arrangements7 andl-4 'combinations of parts, as will hereinafter more fully appear. I shall noyv describe thev embodiments of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and shall thereafter point out my invention in claims.

Figure 1v is an elevation, partly 1n ection,

of a portion of a wall embodying my invention'. F ig. is a transverse sectional elevationlo the seme on line 22 of Fig. 1, looking toward the left. Fig-3 is a horizontal section of tizesame 'on linea-'3 of Fig. 1, lookingdown. Fig. 44 is a'detail in plan of a sti'eningA plate. I 5 is'a face elevation of a portionA of a--Btu showin the stiiening plate in 'Section'and inlociie position in thel slot. igt- $.15 ahox'fizontal `section of the. parts shown' in F'igbl' Online (i4-6 looking Adoivn.v Fig'. 7 ie e viev'v corresponding to F1g."1, showing-ii modified embodiment of my invention. tional elevation of thesame on line-8478; o Figa-7, looking towardv the left. Fig. 9 is e.

detail in yplan' of thestiiening plate @m4,-

ployed in thiefconstruction shown" 1n Fig.l 3'?. Fig. 10 is a similanview of another (form oi stifl'eni-ng plate. Figa 11 is a; isectional de- .mii taken on liniel 11.-11 @1f Fig; i.' looking' down. Fig. 1'2 is-a right enel elevation 'of the same.A Fig. 13 isa detail in side'e'levatioii of a portion 'of'a' lockingstiid and I:stit'enin-g. -plate as shown in`ld`ig.i10ii iloked position therein."

In the embodiment ofi'inj//invention illustrated'in Figo.' 1 to 6, inclusive, and ini'g'n 11 and 112,' ine'tal `:studsl are employed, which-fare provided near each edge with perforutions which'occupy a'sube'taiitial ponl tionof the leiigtli of tiiest'uds, thereby providing butti relatively1A 'small a'mount of me? FigSis a. transverse secterial'foirl-th' 'transxniesionkof heat' from the outsidef te the middle"o thi? studs. These peroretions are shown las consistingF of a series of elongated slots .i2 and round holes 13 alternare! arranged. ExtendingA between the studs and secured thereto are'horizontnl 'Y stifenin plates 14, while their botto'msland tops are braced by tie. plates 15,' whiciiare? tion0 1-7 of the width c the slots 16, whcrebv the platsrnay be turned down to the hori zontnl position shown in the drawings and locked against longitudinal movemcfn. These parte may be readily'and easily .f l seinbled, 'section operate to make a rm,rigid structure. The

stantially vequal to the distance between the lateral. erforations in the studs 11 and in the sti ening plates 14, and Ato aline these building blocks 18 and secure them in plate,` short vertical dowels or pins 19 are inserted through` certain of the rforations in the stiifening lates 14, pre erably throu h the round er orations 13, as shown, an these ver-tica dowels in each stitfening plate brid e the horizontal joints of two adjacent building blocks 18 and hold them against lateral displacement. Cooperating with these vertical dowels 19 are short horizontal.`

dowels 20 inserted throu h certain oi the perforations in the stu s 1.1, preferably through the round perforations as shown.

These horizontal dowels 2() brid e the vertical jointsof two adjacent buil ing blocks 18 and hold their ends against lateral movement. Through certain of the other per forations in the studs extend bracing rods 21 on each si of' the building blocks '18. These bracin into/ds 21 are of a length some- -the distance between two studs 11, and ,their ends; therefore, extend some distance throu the perforations in the studs along the bui` ing blocks of the adjacent sections of the wa as shown7 and they thereby rVe as reinfo ing members and help to tieajert section together. In addition to the erticaFa horizontal dowels for retainingme buil 'ing blocks, yokes 22 may be employed These yokes are substantially U-shape and are provided with.

what exceedi '3 outwardly turned ends, andiare designed to pass through certain of the perforations in the studs 11, preferably through the slots 12, and to hook over the, central port-ions of the studs 11 and extend transversely of thewall. They are arranged in pairs, one ontop of the other, and extending in .opposite directions, and the adjacent building-blocks 18 are disposed between the cooperating out- Wardly turned ends of the yokes, as shown in Figs. 11 and 12, the yokes being of such length that the blocks fit snugly ,between the complementary outwardlyv turned ends. This interior construction is finally coveredwith mortar 23 and the usual white yfinish,

24, as is customary. Thismortar ills in be section, and thef'cdy nieuwe vtween ali the parts so as to render the whole structure solid and rigid, and it extends 'through the perfrations in the framework and the successive sections are thereby bonded, while the rods and dowels are em- *bedded in the mortar and serve as reinforcing 'members and tie theadjaoent sections together.' "liie'finortar, being highly refrac- 'tory, prevents heat from being conducted through the perforations into the middle portions of lthe studs 11 and the stiii'ening plates 14, and the framework/is thereby prevented from .warping and causing the wall to collapse ,or to be injured when it is l subjected .to excessive heat, as in the case of a'iiire. I

In Figs. 7 to 9, inclusive, I- have shown my inventionembodied-in a double or hol-` low wall. The studs 25 and the sti'ening yplates 26 are of double width and are provided With two rowsof- .perforations 12 and 13\ in each longitudinal halfthe building blocks 18 of the opposing subwalls being disposed between the respective pairs of rows,

as shown in Fig. 8,v and the reinforcing and retaining rods and doWels-.being duplicated?- Theyokes 22 are omitted in this embodiment, altliou h it is evdentthat they could also be inclu ed, if desired.y Otherwise, this construction corresponds to that .previously describe l I Figs. 1() and 13; a,.gmodied formiof: sti coing plate 27- is shown. The,ondaperA reduced. to the .width of the slots 1 6,` which@ are made short in this instance, and are n-.bserted through the Slo-tand turned either?" up or down, the similar complementary end; of another sti'ening plate 27 beingyinserted in the s'l'otJ alongside of the first and turned in theopposite direction, as shown in Fig. 13, the stifening plates being thus secured to the stud.

itis obvious that various other'modiications may be made inthe constructions yshown .in the drawings.v andabovepartieiiscope ofiny invention. l

i.claim:

larlv 'described within the principle arid 1... In v abuilding wall, `in combination,

lding blocks, vertical studspst'ening ported thereby and arranged to support t e-- 11') tes extending between the studsmi'idsu v 1 building,V blocks, each plate being'fprovided along each lateral 'ed e outside of its respecti've building bloc'v with. a plurality :of dowel--receiving and mortar-receiving openf ings, and (Towels extending through said dowqlireceiving openingsand bridging the joints`of the adj'acent building bloc s 2. Tn a building Wall, at plurality of' ver# tical studs provided withi a series of perforatioiis along each' edge, horizontal stii'iening plates extending between the studs and having their ends secured thereto and ro- ,vided with a series-of perforationsaong-- ,joints of the adjacent-building blocks, and vertical block-retaining dowels extending through certain of the perforations in the stiflening plates and bridging the joints of y.the adjacent building blocks.

3. In a buildi wall, a plurality of vertical studs provi `ed with a series of perforations along each edge, horizontal stiti'ening plates extending between the studs and 'having their ends secured thereto and pro 'vided with a' series of perforations along each edge, building blocks disposed in the respective spaces between the adjacent studs and' stitening plates, horizontal b1ock-re taining dowels extending through certain of the perforations in the studs and bridging the joints of the adjacent building blocks, horizontal bracing members extending between adjacent studs along the sides of the building blocksA and through 'others of the perforations in the studs, and vertical blcck-retaining dowels extending through certain of the perforations in the stilfening plates and bridging cent building blocks.

4:. In a building wall, a plurality of vertical studs provided with a series of perforations in each edge, Atiers of superposed building blocks disposed between the adjacent studs, and a plurality of block-retaining yokes extending through certain of the perforations'in Vthe studs vand hooked over the studs and engaging the blocks and holding them against lateral movement relative to the studs'.

5. In a building wall, a pluralityV of"ver-Y the joints ot' the adja-` building blocks disposed between the adja* cent studs, horizontal bloclvretaining dowels extending through certain of the pcrforations in the stifds and vbridging'thc joints (f the adjacent building blocks, horizontal bracing members extending between adjacent studs and through others of the perfo- I rations in the studs` and a plurality of blockretaining-yokes extending through others of the perforations in the studs and hooking over the studs and engaging the blocks and holding them against lateral movement relative to thc studs.

(i. In a buildin r wall, a'plurality of vertical studs provi ed with a series of perforations along each edge, horizontal stiifening plates extending between the studs and having their ends secured thereto and provided with a series of perforations along each edge, building blocks disposed in the respective spaces between the adjacent `studs and stillening plates, horizontal block-re' taining dowels extending through certain of the perforations in the studs and bridging the joints of the adjacent building blocks, horizontal bracing members extending between adjacent studs and through others of the perforations in the studs, vertical blockretnining dowels extending through certain ofthe perforations in the 'sfiffening .plates and brid ing thejoints ofthe adjacent building locks, and a plurality of blockretaining yokes extending through others of the vperforations in the studs and hooking over the studs and engaging the blocks and holding them a ainst lateral movement relative to the stu s.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature .in presence of two witnesses.

' Witnesses:

Vieron D. BORSE,

WM. ASHLEY KELLY. 

